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Welcome back to Global Chat, the column where we reach out and give props to interesting and well-written articles from the MMO blogosphere. Today we're going to kick off with a positive piece about Crowfall, as Kill Ten Rats' Ravious is particularly pleased with the decision to announce its business model up front. "One of my favorite devs, Jeff Strain,...

Champions Online is still alive! How do we know? It's fiddling with its cash shop prices come March 5th. A forum post explains the situation: Starting on 3/5, we're going to be re-aligning the prices of costume sets in the C-Store. Some will have their prices reduced, while others will be increased. Our goal with this is to match the...

Do you like roaming around and picking up random junk on the ground? Then you might be the perfect player type to handle League of Legends' newest champion, Bard, who gains "meep" pets by snagging chimes hidden around the playing field. According to his reveal, "Bard is League's first support to gain advantages solely from moving around Summoner's Rift. By...

Players who took advantage of an exploit in the new DC Universe Online Hades raid faced the ire of the Daybreak Game Company this past week. The raid, which was part of the new Amazon Fury Part II DLC, apparently had a loophole that allowed players to beat it in a much easier manner than intended. The dev team disabled...

Have you been banned for cheating in H1Z1? Did you write an angry email to Daybreak expressing your remorse and/or incredulity? If so, you might be featured on a new three-minute video wherein H1Z1 devs have a bit of fun by highlighting some of the recently banned ne'er-do-wells. If you're among the innocent who'd never cheat at anything, even your...

It's a good time to be a fan of MMO sandbox PvP, as Camelot Unchained and Crowfall are both poised to bring AAA production values and a wealth of industry experience to bear on that particular playstyle. I'm interested to see how they both turn out, but in terms of which one I'll be playing, it's probably Camelot Unchained (not...

A rather extensive (and we do mean extensive) Path of Exile developer Q&A revealed that the game and studio is growing nicely. "There are many years of Path of Exile expansions lined up," the team posted. "We've expanded up to 57 staff at our office and are hopefully moving to a larger office location in the next couple of...

Want to know exactly how that new dye is going to look before you drop some serious money on it? Guild Wars 2 understands, which is why it now allows players to preview locked dyes in the wardrobe screen. Yesterday's patch also officially ended the Lunar New Year event and added a finisher randomization option. The latter works exactly as...

Remember Wander, the unique, upcoming sandbox that eschews combat for exploration? Creator Loki Davison has posted a new video for the game today along with a new creature, character renders, and an amusing reveal on skydiving and flight. For those of you who've ever gazed into the infinite depths of the sky and thought: "Man, I'd sure like to fall...

Hope you're not afraid of heights, for skycastles have arrived in TERA. The gravity-defying guild houses are just part of yesterday's Patch 30.09. Guilds won't be given their own skycastles, however; they must earn one by competing in PvP and PvE activities against fellow guilds. If a guild lands among the top of its league for that month, it'll earn...